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Table 4 Accuracy assessment of the LULC classes across the three study sites

From: Monitoring changes in pastoral resources in eastern Sudan: A synthesis of remote sensing and local knowledge

Site

LULC class

Error

Omis.

Comm.

Omis.

Comm.

Omis.

Comm.

Communal grazing land of Butana

 

1979

1987

2005

Bare land

8.82

5.00

9.03

6.45

5.56

2.78

Grassland

6.61

6.67

13.21

15.02

0.00

0.00

Woodland savannah

13.79

16.24

11.20

12.82

3.23

6.45

Overall accuracy

84.15

79.78

94.37

Seasonal migration routes

 

1979

1999

2009

Bare land

0.00

12.5

09.00

1.90

7.60

0.00

Woodland savannah

7.95

8.35

5.56

8.33

0.00

5.71

Agricultural land

12.82

0.00

4.79

11.00

2.98

5.88

Overall accuracy

88.22

89.41

93.16

Summer camping area

 

1979

1999

2007

Bare land

4.27

2.94

0.00

 

5.41

2.70

Woodland savannah

2.90

2.86

2.95

 

0.00

0.00

Agricultural land

8.33

2.18

6.51

 

2.94

6.89

Overall accuracy

89.05

92.69

96.89

  1. Omis omission error, Comm commission error.